Toilet brush



Patented Oct. 8, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE JosnrH s. wILcoX, or a'rHoL, mnssacnusnrrs, Assrsnoa'ro THE wILcoX NOVELTY COMPANY, or Anion, MASSACHUSETTS, A conronnrron on MASSACHUSETTS TOILET nnnsn Application filed May 1 This invention relates to a hair brush or other toilet brush of the type in which the handle or back is covered or encased in sheet celluloid. i

It is the object of my invention to provide improvements in brushes of this type by which the cost of manufacture may be substantially reduced and the strength and rigidity of the article may be correspondingly increased.

An important feature of my invention relates to a novel method of assembling my improved brush, by which method I attain marked economy over the prior procedure.

My invention further relates to arrange ments and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

A preferred form of theinvention is shown in the drawings in which Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a brush embodying my improvements, partially broken away to show interior construction;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof;

Figs. 3, 4t, 5 and 6 show successive steps in the manufacture of my improved brush; and Fig. 7 illustrates a slight modification.

Referring to the drawings, I have shown a brush comprising casing members 10 and 11, a re-enforcing member 12, and bristles 13. The casing members 10 and 11 are provided with out-turned edge flanges 14 and are pressed outward within said flanges to'provide recesses 15. g

The casing memer 10 is provided with a large number of perforations 16 in which the bristles 13 are inserted by the usual sifting or shaking process, the bristles assuming the position shown in Fig. 3. During thisprocess, the casing member 10 may be sup ported in a frame work or box 20.

After the bristles are inserted, the re-enforcing member 12 is placed in the casing member 10, as indicated in Fig. 4. The handle portion of the member 12 is preferably left solid, while the body portion has its interior cut away, as indicated at 22 in Fig. 1, to provide a narrow frame or border portion 2%, tting into the recess of the mem- 1923. Serial No. 277,563.

ber 10 and closely surrounding the outermost tufts of bristles 13.

After the re-enforcing member 12 is placed in position, the opening 22 therein is filled with a suitable cementitious material 26 (Fig. 5), such as a mixture of rosin and marble dust. This material 26 is caused to flow around the upper ends of the bristles 13, en-

tirely filling the frame portion24 of the reenforcing member 12, and is easily leveled off smooth andeven on the line .of the upper surface of the member 12. The top casing member 11 is then placed over the assembled parts andthe edge flanges 15 are cemented together to form the completed article.

The re-enforcing member 12 adds substantially to the stiffness and rigidity of the brush and permits the use of a lighter grade of sheet celluloid for the casing members 10 and 11. Furthermore, the complete filling of the opening .22 with the cement and the careful smoothing off of the same before the casing member 11 is applied, produces smooth and even surfaces within said members and causes them to present a more uniform appearancethan has been heretofore possible.

In Fig. 7 I hai e shown a slight modification in which a band or filler 30, preferably of celluloid, is placed between the flanges 31 of the casing members 32 and 33. I

In the form shown in Fig. 6, the thickness of the member 12 is substantially equal to the combined depth of the two recesses 15, while in the form shown in Fig. 7, the thickness of the ire-enforcing member 34 is substantial- 1y equal to the 'combined depth of the recesses in the members .32 and 33, plus the thickness of the filler 30.

It will thus appear that I have provided a advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the detailsherein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is 1. A brush comprising a pair of opposed recessed casing members, a substantially rigid narrow open re-enforcing frame member positioned around the edge portions only of said recesses between said members and forming an enclosure surrounding the central space vtherein, said central space extending the full depth from one of said casing members to the other one of said casing membersbeing perforated, bristles extending through the perforations into said central space, and cementitious material filling said entire central space and securing said bristles in place, said casing members being firmly secured to form a permanent'enclosure around said reenforcing member.

2. A brush comprising a pair of casing members having offset outwardly flanged abutting edge portions permanently secured in fixed relation and having opposed central body portions spaced apart, a substantially rigid re-enforcing frame member as thick as the depth of said space and fitting freely between said casing members, said re-enforcing member surrounding the central space, bristles extending intosaid central space, and cementitious material filling said space within said frame member and securingsaid bristles in place. i

3. A brush comprising a pair of easing members having offset outwardly flanged abutting, edge portions permanently secured in fixed relation and having opposed central body portions spaced apart, a substantially rigid re-enforcing frame member as thick as the depth of said space and formed of a single piece of wood, and fitting freely between said casing members, said FG-QIIfOIClIIg member surrounding the central space, bristles extending into said central space, and cementitious material filling said space within said frame member and securing said bristles in place.

4. A brush comprising a pair of recessed casing members, one of said members being perforated, a re-enforcing member as thick as the combined depth of the two recesses in said casingmembers and having the body portionthereof'cut away to provide an extendedcentral space therein, bristles extending through said perforations into said space,

and acementitious material filling the space in said re-enforcing member and firmly securing said bristles in place, saidcasing 1nembers having outwardly flanged edges surrounding said re-enforc'ing member and in close contacttherewith and the brush being assembled by securing said edge portions firmly to each other. v

5. A brush comprising av pair of easing members having offset outwardly flanged abutting edge portions permanently secured in fixed relation and having opposed central body portions spaced apart, a substantially rigid re-enforcing frame member, fitting loosely between said members and surrounding the central space, bristles extending into said central space, and cementitious material filling said space within said re-enforcing member and securing said bristles 1n place, said re-enforcing member having also an integralportion extending into and filling the handle of said brush.

6. A brush comprising a pair of casing members having offset outwardly flanged abutting edge portions permanently secured in fixed'relation and having opposed central body portions spaced apart, a substantially rigid re enforcing frame member formed of a single piece of wood fitting loosely between said members and surrounding the central space, bristles extending into said central space, and cementitious material filling said space within said re-enforcing member and securing said bristles in place, said re-enforcing member having also an integral portion extending into and filling the handle of said brush.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

JOSEPH S. WVILCOX. 

